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Tavera has curated a number of exhibitions in the Twin Cities and beyond. In 2016, she curated an exhibition, entitled "Sus Voces," or "Their Voices," at the
Highpoint Center for Printmaking in Minneapolis, which presented the work of nine women printmakers from Mexico. In 2015, she was instrumental
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In 2018, her work was featured on the cover and in an artist spotlight in the academic journal, Diálogo: An
Interdisciplinary Studies Journal, published by the University of Texas Press. Her art works are included in the collections of the Hagfors Center at Augsburg University; the Tweed Museum of
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Tavera is a multidisciplinary artist, who often works with screen printing because of the medium's long history of spreading ideas to the masses. Her work explores how Latinx immigrants are seen and how they want to be seen. Tavera's art focuses on Latinx iconography, symbols, physical traits, and
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Minneapolis, MN. Influenced by her dual citizenship, as well as her transnational movement between her residing Minnesota and Mexico families, she combines historical and contemporary texts and images from recognizable Latin American
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In 2021, Tavera created a billboard for display in George Floyd Square as part of the Social
Justice Billboard Project. Her billboard titled La Conneccion (The Connection) features an indigenous woman with braids wrapping around images of a bag of groceries, a person wearing a face mask, and a
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silhouette of a protesting group. The braids connect with an early telephone switchboard. Tavera's billboard is a celebration of how communities are able to move forward by working together.
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